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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-03-10

For several years the product of the
assay Office was not of as fine quality as
that attained at European refineries,
and, after various experiments were
tried without success. Mr.. Mason re-
membered to have read that gold OBJ
tanned by parting with nitric acid on
being boiled with sulphuric acid was
made 800 1-2 thousandths fine, When
q trial was made of this method its re-
suit was satisfactory, and subsequent
experience proved that with all varie-
ties of bullion one treatment by nitric
acid, and careful washing of the gold
sponge resulting, and subsequent
boiling in a strong sulphuric acid,
would develop yield of fine gold. 10
obtain the best results in the separating
department with sulphurie acid the de-
posits are so combined that the gold
granulatlons shall have over two parts
of silver to one of gold, care being taken
that any copper that may be present
shall not exceed 8 per cent. of the mix
ture. About 25,000 ounces can be
treated in the four kettles. The acid
is added to the granutations in success
i've portions from reservoir on q floor
CSOONC1 lubV NlltSli iu lOICCtl Nv dlT
pressure from u receiving cylinder in
the basement. 1t is boiled about five
hours, then allowed to cool, and after
wards siphoned into silver reducing
tanks, four in number. The removal
of the silver in the acid solution leaves
the gold in the desolving kettle; to this
fresh acid Is added, and it is removed to
another kettle, acid being again added
twice. The resulting weak solutions of
silver are siphoned off, and after the
third repetition of this process gold re-
suits, which, when melted, fixed and
cast into bars, is from 997 to 99S thous-
andths fine.
"Give Ely's Cream Balm trial.
This Justly celebrated remedy for the
cure of offcatarrh, hay fever, cold in the
head, &c., can be obtained of any re-
putable druggist, and may be relied up
on as q safe and pleasant remedy for
the above complaints and will give I'M
mediate relief. 1t is not LIQUID, snuff
or powder, has no offensive odor and
can be used at any time with good re-
suits, as thousands can testify, among
them some of the attaches of this Of
tice."-Spilf of.aHe Times, May 30,
1886. 2t
Education is not creative; it only as
sists in developing existing possibilities
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Saturday, April End, 1887,

at tbs hour of2 O'clock p. M. Of said day, the fol-
lowing described Real Estate. situated in Henry
County, Ohio, to-wit:
The north part of lot No. one (1), section twenty
hve(25), in township six (B) north of range eight
49, east, containing sixiyfour ga acres. The said
north part containing forty (i0) acres of land. The
said north part OF said lot hereby conveyed TO be
bounded on the south by line running east and
west parallel with the section line of said section
one ~ will divide said lot with said forty (40)
lying the north of said ine and the balance
Of saidlot being twentyfour(2 acres ON the south,
said line being forty (+0) acres Of land, deed from
James Roach, Sr., to Henry Roach, aud recorded in
Henry county record of deeds, vol. T. pages 325 and
326.
Appraised at $780,
Terms of Sale Cash. .. ...a
E. 7. BARNES,
Sheriff of Henry county, Ohio.
p. c. Beard Attorney for Plaintiff.
Napoleon, Ohio, March list, 1887. Sl2 90
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Education is not creative; it only as
sists in developing existing possibilities
into realities.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
Frederick Yackee
vs..
AuUuat HruDdea.

Order of sale from Henry County Court of Common
Pleas.
DY virtue of al order Of sale, issued from the
Dabove named court and to me directed as Sheriff
of Henry county, will offer at public sale at the
north door orths court house, in Napoleon, Ohio, IN
Saturday, March 18th, 1887,
at the hour of O'Clock, p. M, of said day. the fol-
lowing described real estate situated in Henry coun-
ty, Ohio, to-wit:
Lot No. twenty-six (26), In Henry Yeager's 9d ad-
diton to the village of Napoleon, in SAID Henry Co.,
Ohio.
Appraised at Si10.
Terms of sale, cash. .,.. .-..-
e. T. BARNES,
Sheriff Of Henry county, Ohio,
Hang & Ragan, Attorney for Plaintiff.
Napoleon, o., Feb. 3, 1887. 81 10
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.f Probate Notice.
NOTICE is hereby given, that W. R. Bowers, as
~ Administrator de-b0niS-a0n, of the estate of
VIM. A. Watson, Decd, has filed final account of
his Administration. which will be for herring and
settlement March 10Th. 1887.
D. MEEKISON, Probate Judge.
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sHEREF's SALE.
Elizabeth d. Treat,


Hesekiah Roach ct al.
Order Of Sale from Henry County Court of Common
Pleas.
BY virtue OF an Order of sale issued from the
above named Court and to me directed as Sheriff of
Henry County, I will offer at Public Sale at the
North door OF the Court House, in Napoleon,
Ohio, on
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#Trains run daily. +Daily except Monday. tDaily
except Sunday. ,--...
Accommodation leaves Columbus at 8 COP. m.
daily except Sunday. Arrives at GAINESVILLE ut 7S5
D. m. ..s-f ri
Accommodation leaves Sandusky at 400 p. m.
daily, except Sunday, and arrives at Columbus TAO
a. m.
Trains leave st. Clairsve for heeling at 6:25 q.
M, II :45 a. M, 1920 p. m. daily, except Sunday.
Sleeping and Dining cars on all through trains.
O. K.LORD, WE. REPPERT,
| Genl Pass. Agent . Div. Pass. A gent,
BALTIMoRE, MD. COLUMBUS, o
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The road bed is kept in splendid condition. The
racks are all laid with heavy steel rails, and the
asst time, close connections and superior accommo-
!adons on the Wabash are unequaled by any ether
line.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-03-10
THE CAR SERVICE OF THE
WABASH RAILWAY

the very best, and consists of Handsome New
NOKING and PARI.oR COACHES, Elegant
r. EEr RECLINING IHAlR rARS, the best and
'oet completely equipped DiNING g CAR SERVICE
/ the orld, and The IL agGifcent PULLMA n PAL
'CE. WAGNER and WOODRUFF SLEEPING
4 AIRS,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-03-10

Trains leave Wheeling for st. Clairsvle at 500 q.
M, 15 p. m. and 4A5 p. M. daily, except Sunday.
Accommodation leaves GAINESVILLE at $500 q. m.
daily, except Sunday, aud arrives at Columbus at
8:05 a. IN. Cincinnati 1920 p, m.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-03-10

SneT1H OF HtHry COWuLyI OHIU .
S. M. Hague, attorney for plaintiff.
Napoleon, Ohio, Feb. 5, 1887. $12
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SHERIFF'S SALE.


p. c. Beard, Attorney for Plaintiff.
Napoleon, Ohio, March list, 1887. $l2 90
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-02-04
AS Leaves Die So Do We.

Beecher's New Year Letter.
Who remembers the multitude OF
leaves which clothed the trees around
our dwellings? They danced or qulv
cred, threw down their tremulous
shadows until autumn came, and one
by one they let 90 of life. No one
counted them or missed any single
leaf. The wind swept away some,
the rain overweighted others; the very
dew was too heavy for the feeble re-
mainder. out OF whose veins the air
had sucked the juice. At length the
trees are bare. No fruit, no birds, no
leaves, nor could any one tell whittier
all these had gone that made thesum-
mer musical and gay. AS leaves die
so myriads have died this year. The
great multitude go forth and no one
observes it or much misses their pres
ence. They run, they shout, grow
weary, are silent and give place to
others, who run the race, strive and
shout, grow languid, murmur q fare
we'll into ears that themselves grow
dull and hear no more. The exceed.
ing great multitude of those who every
year die. 60 as the mistsqo, melt away
as clouds melt, and leave no trace 81
anything done. OF the .uucountable
multitude the history might be COM
pressed into an epitaph OF three words:
a cry, q strife, silence" -birth, life,
DEATH. 49,.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-02-04
He Pers0nated Lafayette.

Frank Pierce was rather wild when
ne was a student at Bowdoin college.
One Of his FRANKS occurred when La
fayette, who was everywhere hailed
with Joy, was visiting the New England
states. The renowned patriot had
gone as far east as Portsmouth, when
it became doubtful if he would proceed
further. It had, however, been report
ed that he would pass through Bruins
wick, and so it was proposed by Pierce
to give Lafayette q reception. Accord
ingly the students hired carriages, Sc
cured a cannon, and went at the prop
er time out on the Brunswick road to
meet the general and his staff. About
9 O'Clock III the evening there was seen
coming up the road the procession OF
students all ablaze. BY preconcert-
ed arrangement it was announced at
the moment through all the town that
Lafayette was near. The people rush
ed out OF their houses, the ladies waved
their handkerchiefs, and cheer rose
upon cheer. The general bowed in &C.
acknowledgements, and finally got down
from his carriage and condescended
to kiss several of the fair young ladies.
That man was not Gen. Lafayette,
but John Cleveland, student, who
had personated the character to per-
fiction. The whole affair wound up
with supper, a good joke, and so
the people of Brunswick never saw the
real hero.-Ben: Berley Poore IN Bos.
ton Budget.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-02-04
President Arthur's Meals.

President Arthur ate but two meals
a day-a very light breakfast between
8 and 10 in the morning, and very
light dinner in the evening. His break
fast was cup Of coffee and a cracker,
with perhaps a piece of salt fish. His
dinners began between 8 and 8 in the
evening, and the guests often sat at
them until midnight. President Ar
thur seldom ate without having some
invited guests at his table. His pri-
vate dinners are SAID to have cost as
much as IS a plate, and his public
ones $40 a plate and upward. As he
usually had fifty persons at these
state dinners, the nine which he gave
during the last year Of his administra11
ton must have cost at least s., 900.
It required twelve servants to serve
ono of these state dinners. The menus
of two successive dinners were entirely
different, no dish at the one being the
same as any served at the previous
dinner, and q different wine being
served with every course. His cook
was Frenchmarl, and dinners were
pronounced by the late Senator An
thony, who was noted as an epicure.
perfection. Frank G. Carpenter in
|Lippinco g. sz@ .5s Il. n. .
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-02-04
Got Even With the Humorist,

Mark Twain was travelling in a car
on the New York and New Haven
road short time ago with two cler-
ical friends whose company he is par
ticuIarly fond of. The three sat to-
gether in the car, and only an expert
could have distinguished Mark from
the clergymen. The three heads were
bent to focus while Mark was relat-
ing one OF his pilgrimage experiences,
when a fourth head was unsteadily in.
serted in the circle and a booty though
sympathetic face was upturned to lis
ten. The head was gently showed
aside, and the three resumed their pow
WOW. Again the ruby-tipped nose was
inserted ami again it was shut out.
When for a third time the head ap-
peared, unabashed, like a jack. in-the-
box, Mark lost his patience, and
launching up his broad shoulder he
slid the head back along the top of the
seat, remarking eravely: "My friend,
we are settling q delicate doctrinal
point touching damnation. and we
want you to keep your head out of
danger" AS he drawled out the last
word the drunken head fell over the
end OF the seat back with an emphasis
that made his teeth rattle, but the
owner soon lifted it and stuck it back
in the ring. murmuring, plaintively:
'Why, deacon, you don't seem to care
- for my soul"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-02-04
Against the Use Of Slang.

A little Intentional waywardness
grows into habltual carelessness.
We come to possess aloose, incorrect.
inaccurate style Of expressing our
selves. This Injuries our manner of
thinking and perverts our taste. Do
not give false names to ideas, else it
may finally happen that you will find
it difficult to tell the truth about
them when you would. To keep our
language pure, to keep it exact, to
keep it forcible, to make it mean
something, we must put it to no i'm.
proper use. And weput it to improp-
er use, for example. when We tahe a
word that should weigh a ton to ex-
press an idea lighter than chat, when
we take word that should be as sub
lime as the stars to stand for an idea
as commonplace as an old fence, when
from the horror of very Tophet we
borrow g metaphor to apply to tho
annoyance Of an insect.
The slang expression is the OUTLAW
OF language. It Is a ruffian. For
tunately II we but leave it alone it
will not modest US, but go into exile
and oblivion. But there the rub.-R,
c. Craven, in Chicago Journal.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-02-04
Wild Animals OF Western Texas.

WIN xAIllInalS al sWG6IeKn lGXxtDss
IN camping out Ut night one some
Times finds strange bedfe llows, the most.
#repulsive Of which are rattlesnakes
and skunks. Centipedes, tarantulas, !.
vinagrons, lizards aud scorpions are
not pleasant. but they lose much when
brought in comparison with rattle
snakes and skunks, the bite OF either
Of which is almost always fatal. Cou-
gers, or mountain lions, are quite
common in some portions OF the
country, and lie in wait for calves
and young colts, which they kill and
devour. At night, too, they stampede
the horses by going among them and
endeavoring to jump on them. Some
of these animals are larger than those
found further north, and are quite
formidable, sometimes evincing con-
siderable bravery when watching a
herd of horses and almost famished
with hunger.
The skins are handsome enough, but
have strong and rank smell, which
renders them not specially desirable.
The tiger, or jaguar skin is much more
beautiful, and when properly trimmed
and dressed makes fine parlor rug.
There are many valuable things here,
which with time and patience can be
made to add much to the worlds
wealth. When the country gets set
tied up the wilderness will disappear,
but it will be great many years yet
before Western Texas will be tanned
down to the dead level of modern CIV.
ilization.-Fort Stockton Cor. Chicago
Times.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-02-04
Couldn't Catch Him.


There was q party OF them in the
cloak room, and they were sprincina
various little gags on each orher.
Finally one Of them singled out the
Hon. Frank Lawler.
y say, Frank" he said. with easy
Congressional familiarity, do YOU
spell honesty with q big II or a little
one.' +ss1y2 455s.l-s ~ - .7,.
Come cd, )" repliedtbe Chicago fa-
vorite. ''Do you think YOU can catch
me like that nOw?''I :. s -.
'Pshaw. man, there's no catch
about It, :" urged the other member.
Oh, ain + there, now? Well, me b'y.
l don = spell it with an h at ali. / spell
It vi. b an Q, " and the Hon. Frank
roared at his rewlness ii not being
picked up. Every body else roared,
too. ashington Critic. n. 4. &
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-02-04

my exposure { bade the family good.
bye and retired to my room to wait
for the expected symptoms. They
didn't come. / waited patiently, day
after day, without daring to hone.
until finally the limit Of time had been
exhausted. When I knew that there
was no longer any chance that I had
caught the disease the JOY came as
near upsetting my mind as the terror:
had formerly. don't know how l
escaped--it was little less than a mir
acle; but it was miracle that made
q family of people wild with Joy for: a
long time. s.~s r #
''Very sad things often occur in the
ravages OF leprosy. remember par
ticularly tho case of q young and very
pretty native woman who was the
belle of her own circle. Many of the
natives are strikingly handsome. but
this girl was the most beautiful have
ever seen among them. She was en-
gagged to be married to a young man
OF her own race, who was q successful
and promising merchant. The two
were entirely devoted to each other,
and their affection was g. matter of
common and gratified comment
among their friends. The young mis-
was in the habit of calling upon he
attianced nearly every evening. On
night he failed to appear as usual
and the next morning the young wom-
an sought him at his place of business
to learn why. She didn't find him,
but as she was returning home
she met the daily gang OF new vic
TINS OF the plague being marched
down to the wharf to go to the island.
In the front rank she recognized her
lover. Without a Moment hesitation
she sprang from her mothers grasp,
threw her arms about her lovers neck
and, clinging to his lips, sucked his
blood. In a few months she followed
him to the island, where they lived in
each others arms until the disease
had reached that stage where sight
and feeling are destroyed. Such things
are common in that plague.ridden
land. There is no hope for the natives
that l can see. Nothing can stamp
out leprosy, and so nothing can save
the people. The island can, however,
be saved from the damnation OF q
European power, and that duty lies
at the door OF this country. The
King is nothing more than an old, fat,
winedrinking, pcker-playing incom-
petent. When he dies Hawaiian royal
ty will die with him, and there are few
roy alties now in the business that can
be better spared
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-02-04
The Placid Bermutlian.
Bermuda Letter to the Hartford Times

bermuda Letter 20 the Hartford Times.
Chatting with Mr.. Allen the other
evening, 1made the remark that n,5n
ing would give me greater pleasure
than to take q native Bermudian,
who had never left his home, and set
him suddenly. in the middle OF the
Bowery. With the elevated trains
rushing over his head, the half dozen
surface roads noisily tinkling through
the street, the endless crowds of peo-
pie on both sides OF the way, the spark
ling and glittering shops on either
side, the electric lamps making an
artificial moonlight, the jam, 'go,"
stir and hustle OF that wonderful
thoroughfare would certainly drive
him insane on the spot.
mo, it would not" said the consul,
with Yankee directness; che wouldn't
be moved a hair-you couldn't sur
prise him or make him astonished
with the great 'Paniandrum' himself.
All Bermudians are nonchalant in the
extreme. They take nothing with sur
prise! You would suppose they had
travelled from birth!'
He said he took farmer thirty-ive
years old to the States with him one
time. He anticipated great amuse-
ment at the wonder and astonishnent
the man would express after seeing
New York, the railroads and in fact
the million new things to astound him.
But the man was absolutely stolid.
He expressed no surprise, wonder or
admiration at anything whatever, and
seemed as calm and unconcerned as if
at home, until going out on an express
train he swept by q huge potato patch,
when, thrusting his body half out of
the window, and watching it as far as
he could see, he sank back, overcome,
into his seat, and remarked, THAT
beats home!''
A funny conversation he overheard
between two farmers here:
bad year for crops this year! I
don't know what we are coming to-"
"Bad year? Why I never had bet
ter onions since was born"
"Nor l! But what good will that
wv We Cc1lA oCAA
"What? not in New York;"
"No!"
"Why, yes we can! What's to pre-
II tell you we can't''
"Why not?"
The old man turned solemnly about
and shook his finger at his neighbor:
"We can't sell anything in New York,
because all the Americans are down
here!"
Another farmer said wisely one day,
with a knowing countenance, "They' re
havin' lively time up in New York
today" "How's that?" "Why, the
steamer must have got unloMled to-
day. All the shopmen will be down
to the dock. But she was full, clear
up. am afraid she will glut the mar.
ket!"
These anecdotes are positively true,
and Indicate the estimation in which
some Bermudians hold their little isl,
and. They know absolutely nothing
Of big countries. They cannot posi-
bly, grasp the idea Of any place being
larger than this dot
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-02-04
Before the Havana Cathedral.
One short block from the Plaza di

One short block from the Plaza di
Armas finds us within the large open
square in front of the grand cathe-
dral of Havana. In all the streets
through which we had heretofore
passed, the sidewalks were SO narrow
that two people could not walk
abreast, but here, before the church,
they were very wide and completely
thronged with devotees seeking their
shrine to worship. We paused to
view the scene and the faces OF the
passers-by: old and young, rich and
poor, all mingled in one company;
carriage after carriage rolled up to
the broad stone steps and deposited
its freight; ladies richly dressed in the
witchlng Spanish costume. short
skirts, scarce long enough to conceal
the arched instep and we'll rounded
ANGLE, the long sweeping veil of black
lace, which forms the only head cover.
ing worn by ladies OF quality, and the
fan, inseparable fan. Shoes and stock
ings would he dispensed with before
the fan. Allwere hurrying through the
open portals Of this temple of wor-
ship.-Havana Correspondence Bos-
ton Courier.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-02-04

N sure Huldah. Z Trixy broke 81 IL
here impetuously, II did all Z could
for you there! / tried to charm. and
ensnare him, but he woutdn'tt 3 bi
charmed. And it was I who read
about the general, and when you
tainted, guessed at his mission in En-.
gland, and sent him an invitation to
Rose Lodge. And / think she con-
tinued, demurely, 'after such extra
ordinary devotion on my part de:
serve a reward" s~.,4t @s
't'And it shall be yours!'' said the
general heartily. 5""Ask what you will
Ito the half OF my kingdom land the
favor is granted. What shall it be,
most beautiful cousln?" ,.-..s
But Trixy deferred her answer.
When General Galliohen and Huldah
returned to London, package was
sent to the lodge. opening which a set
Of sparkling Jewels were discovered,
and by their side card on which was
written ''Trixy's Reward"
A year later we were invited to
Huldah's happy home, and
when a small mite of humanity
clad in filing lace, with eyes like
stars, and golden fluffy curls, was offer
ed for our inspection, we were not
surprised to learn this tiny represent
tative of the future woman had been
christened Trixy. "Oh. you love! you
darling! you are my best reward!
said Trixy, kissing her namesake, and
loving and caressing it with all her
lmpetuOus nature.
But the young mother came to her
babes rescue, to prevent further en-
dearments. Sweet, patient, loving,
loyal, and faithful in heart-and are
they not womanly attributes-all
these and more was Conway's wife;
but safe in her husbands love, and
crowned with wifehood and mother
hood we leave her-our Huldah.